Comments on: Raising the House in San Antonio, 1949http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2010/11/04/raising-the-house-in-san-antonio-1949/
Where our past is never very long agoTue, 03 Mar 2015 00:48:49 +0000hourly1By: Ardis E. Parshallhttp://www.keepapitchinin.org/2010/11/04/raising-the-house-in-san-antonio-1949/comment-page-1/#comment-31672
Wed, 10 Nov 2010 03:44:46 +0000http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=9502#comment-31672Matt’s Wife’s husband is awesome, too. Email on its way.
]]>By: Matt W.http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2010/11/04/raising-the-house-in-san-antonio-1949/comment-page-1/#comment-31667
Wed, 10 Nov 2010 03:02:28 +0000http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=9502#comment-31667My wife went by, left a copy of this post and took 3 pics of the outside. Most of the outside has been redone, but she did leave our number asking if we could come by and take some interior shots. That is why my wife is awesome.

Shoot me an email and I’ll send the pictures.

]]>By: Ardis E. Parshallhttp://www.keepapitchinin.org/2010/11/04/raising-the-house-in-san-antonio-1949/comment-page-1/#comment-31587
Tue, 09 Nov 2010 14:58:48 +0000http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=9502#comment-31587That would tickle me no end, Matt, that you had found a way to make a local story local again. If you use it, no matter when, I hope you’ll tell us about it.
]]>By: Matt W.http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2010/11/04/raising-the-house-in-san-antonio-1949/comment-page-1/#comment-31585
Tue, 09 Nov 2010 14:36:30 +0000http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=9502#comment-31585I’ll go by as soon as I get a chance.I’m probably going to use this in a lesson for EQ at some point.
]]>By: Bookslingerhttp://www.keepapitchinin.org/2010/11/04/raising-the-house-in-san-antonio-1949/comment-page-1/#comment-31386
Mon, 08 Nov 2010 01:15:20 +0000http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=9502#comment-31386My experience with Google maps is that the exact street address can be off by a few houses/properties. And you might actually be looking at the opposite side of the road than you think, IE, Google Maps may be confused as to which side of the street is even addresses and which side is odd.

I suppose Google and their street-view trucks could be synched into the actual official property maps where the location of property lines is verified by GPS, but that is not the case in all street-views.

Where the online map information is not “hard synched” with official property maps, Google and other online maps use a formula to interpolate addresses between known street intersections.

I have no evidence that the indicated house (the one with the bay window and carport ) is not actually 227 Bradford. Though, the Bing (Microsoft) Maps view at Zillow (quoted by Researcher) indicates the same property as does Google, ie, the one with the carport and bay window.

Interesting!

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Thu, 04 Nov 2010 17:28:06 +0000http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=9502#comment-31105Wow, seeing the house in Google maps was awesome. I didn’t even know you could see a house like that.
]]>By: Researcherhttp://www.keepapitchinin.org/2010/11/04/raising-the-house-in-san-antonio-1949/comment-page-1/#comment-31103
Thu, 04 Nov 2010 17:13:04 +0000http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=9502#comment-31103Zillow lists a value in the ballpark that Clark mentions. The assessed value is $74,400 for this 1,368 sq ft 2 bedroom, 1 bath home on .14 acres, built in 1949. Similar homes in the area are listing in the $50,000s and $60,000s.

What can be said about it? It looks like standard construction for the time, in a working-class neighborhood, with 8 ft ceilings and a fairly low angle on the roof. I suppose they don’t have to worry about snow in San Antonio! But unlike most of the surrounding homes, it has the added detail of a bay window in the living room. If that is original, it means that they did something to make it just that much nicer. How lovely.

And on the topic of the post, I had the chance this past week to see a community, including mostly members of the church but also neighbors of other faiths, rally to the aid of my sister’s family when they lost their eleven year old in an accident. It is almost impossible to describe how sad it has been, but it has been beautiful to see all the acts of kindness and love and service. Thank you, Ardis, for linking to my brother’s post. Your link, and the candles and flowers and toys and cards that people left at the accident site, and the mint brownies that the ward members made for the family dinner after the funeral because they were Allison’s favorite dessert, and the Relief Society sisters who came to help clean up so the family could get to the viewing without having to worry about cleaning up the dinner dishes, and all the many other acts of service added up, much like the efforts of the electricians and the bookkeeper and the salesman and all the other people who helped build 227 Bradford Avenue.

Well, it may have been expensive for its day, but with the national housing shortage so acute I’ll bet the family of Leo M. Claypool, its first owners, were nothing short of delighted to have it.

Whew! Thanks for that, Mark. My lower lip will stop trembling.

]]>By: Mark B.http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2010/11/04/raising-the-house-in-san-antonio-1949/comment-page-1/#comment-31094
Thu, 04 Nov 2010 16:00:10 +0000http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=9502#comment-31094Lest there be any confusion, I did like this story!
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